The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-12-20


gelcs, CAL
There arc twelve vacancies In the coprs OF
surgeons In the navy.
There Is a dramshop for every forty..ive In.
hsbitsnts Of Belgium.
The name OF man under arrest in Pliila.
delphia for murder Is Killer
At Roaring Creek, W. Va, Is a family OF ten
persons that weighs o,44O pounds.
A fall Of red snow Is said to have taken
place at Allegheny, Pa, few days ago.
4 Large quantities OF genuine cod have been
taken by the Monterey, Cal, fishermen lately.
''Psintn signs are pIcketed at every corner
In the senate and house chambers at the capl
tol.
A British Columbia legislator has resigned
bis seat in the lower honse and Joined the
Mormous.
Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, Is going TO do
bis best this winter 10 have hayward estab
lIshed on Puget sound.
The English consular reports are now
stamped in the upper rlght-hand corner with
the notice, 'al rights reserved"
During the twelve months ending with Octo-
Der, II vessels and 127 men were lost In the
Gloucester, Mass, fshing-grounds.
Oyster juice Is what Paris doctors now pre-
Icribc for patients whose stomachs are too
weak TO hold any other kind OF food.
The number Of negroes who enlisted in the
inion army during the war OF the rebellion,
according to recent estimates, was l1S0Oo.
Ill , IA.
lying request Of woman who was recently
buried in that city by interrIng her new bonnet
with her body.
A centenarian has been found IN Monmouth
county, New Jersey, who was never twenty
niles away from his birthplace, aud who never
Jaw a steamboat or a railroad.
Petroleum Is being found In increasing
Quantities all over the Islands of the Dutch
East Indies, particularly In Sumatra aud Java
Rich wells have been discovered In eastern
lava.
Electric wires can not I've placed under
ground in New Orleans because the water level
only three feet below the surface. Strong
overs $50 feet high are TO be erected on which
70 place them.
A party OF scientists are boring In the soil OF
Inc Nile delta IN search OF rock. A depth OF
NS feet has been reached, but no rock was
ound The everything soil to depth of one
hundred feet ia sand.
The Zulu aud Philippians of south Africa are
% have taste OF Salvation army religion, Gen.
Booth having ordered squad of his soldiers
70 settle In that country The army has al
ready invaded Jerusalem.
Beef cattle at Tucson, Arizona, are cheap
md in big demand, being bought up by san
Francisco dealers The cattle are In splendid
condition Stockmen are realizing 4 and .
cents per pound, on foot at the railroad
depot
The government of New South Wales offers
reward of Sl25, 900 to any person who VIII
make known and demonstrate at his own ex-
pcusc any method or process not previously
known IN the colony for the effectual exter-
mnation OF rabbits.
Although great quantities OF peanuts are
yearly shipped to Antwerp, but few are eaten
by the Dutch. The nut is submitted to a
treatment by which its oil is extracted and
the oil is used for various purposes The
supply is imported from Africa.
Claus Sprccklcs' evident determination to
push the bcct-sugsr industry is alarming the
sugar planters OF the Hawaiian islands, and
already they are talking about giving up
sugar-cane planting aud substituting coffee
as the staple product of the islands.
Poultry men say that pullets Matched by in
cubators and raised In breeders lay much
sooner than those hen-hatched and raised.
Trenton man has one Of these artificial young
hens that began laying when ten weeks old,
and has laid an egg day ever since.
A physician says that the benefit to his pa
tients from a public library Is enormous. Most
Of his patients arc poor and good books would
be beyond their reach but for this system; an
interesting book Is to them something Of what
change Of air and scene is to the rich.
News has lust reached New Bedford that
the whaler Abblc Bradford had been frozen In
In the northern waters for eleven months.
The crew had plenty OF venison and other
fresh meat; had experienced cold 56il degrees
below zero, and had had pretty good time
generally.
The United States government has ordered
new survey made Of government lands lying
in aud near Monterey, Cal. The survey will
be made Immediately, and win probably add
between two aud three hundred acres to the
military reservation, which Is the proposed
site for the national soldiers home.
The credit Of establishing national Thanks
giving day, Is attributed to Mrs. Sarah }. IIslc'
late editor of Godey's Lddy's Book. As far
back as lsii she began to urge upon the gov
enors OF the states the proprIety of issuing
Thanksgiving proclamations, until IN 1859 the
day was observed in all the states but two.
good story says The Springfield Repnl.1
c'n. has jus, leaked out concerning the pa
of church not hundred miles from
Warren, aud neigbbor who is not IN